What is Endocarditis?

What is Endocarditis?

• Endocarditis: Inflammation of the inner lining of the heart.
• Endocarditis: Exudative and proliferative inflammatory alterations of the endocardium, characterized by the presence of vegetations on the surface of the endocardium or in the endocardium itself, and most commonly involving a heart valve, but sometimes affecting the inner lining of the cardiac chambers or the endocardium elsewhere. It may occur as a primary disorder or as a complication of or in association with another disease. (Dorland, 27th ed)
  Source - Diseases Database
• Endocarditis: inflammation of the endocardium and heart valves.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Endocarditis: Introduction

Types of Endocarditis:

Types of Endocarditis:

• Acute endocarditis
• Subacute endocarditis
• Viral endocarditis
• Bacterial endocarditis
• Autoimmune endocarditis
• more types...»

Broader types of Endocarditis:

• Heart conditions
• Diseases contagious from intravenous needles
• more types...»

How serious is Endocarditis?

Complications of Endocarditis: see complications of Endocarditis

What causes Endocarditis?

Causes of Endocarditis: see causes of Endocarditis
Risk factors for Endocarditis: see risk factors for Endocarditis

What are the symptoms of Endocarditis?

Symptoms of Endocarditis: see symptoms of Endocarditis

Complications of Endocarditis: see complications of Endocarditis

Endocarditis: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Endocarditis.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Endocarditis.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Endocarditis: see treatments for Endocarditis
Prevention of Endocarditis: see prevention of Endocarditis
Research for Endocarditis: see research for Endocarditis

Society issues for Endocarditis

Hospitalization statistics for Endocarditis: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Endocarditis:

• 0.02% (2,592) of hospital consultant episodes were for acute and subacute endocarditis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 54% of hospital consultant episodes for acute and subacute endocarditis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 68% of hospital consultant episodes for acute and subacute endocarditis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 32% of hospital consultant episodes for acute and subacute endocarditis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 66% of hospital consultant episodes for acute and subacute endocarditis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 28.6 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for acute and subacute endocarditis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 25 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for acute and subacute endocarditis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Endocarditis:

Organs and body systems related to Endocarditis include:

• Heart
• Endocardium

Name of Endocarditis

Main name of condition: Endocarditis